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Because the Scandinavian languages differ in their pronunciation of the digraphs ei and ej , the name Leif may be either pronounced as an approximate rhyme for "safe", or approximately like the English word "life", In Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Western Norway, it is an approximate rhyme with "safe".
Hrafn (Old Norse pronunciation:; Icelandic pronunciation:) is both a masculine byname, and personal name in Old Norse. The name translates into English as "raven". The Old English form of the name is *Hræfn. [1] The name is paralleled by the English masculine given name Raven, which is derived from the word "raven". [2] The feminine form of ...
Odin the Wanderer (the meaning of his name Gangleri); illustration by Georg von Rosen, 1886. Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god in Germanic mythology. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record.
Pronunciation: Urban East Norwegian: Gender: Masculine: Origin; ... Ole is a Danish and Norwegian masculine given name, derived from the Old Norse name Óláfr, ...
Related names Hakon, Háukon, Håkon, Haquin, Haqvin, Hawkins Haakon , also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden), [ 3 ] or Háukon or Hákon , is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name Hákon meaning "High Son" from há (high, chosen) and konr (son, descendant, kin).
Ivar (Old Norse Ívarr) is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements common to Germanic names became homophonous.
While Geir was practically unused as a given name prior to the 1930s (and since the 2000s), -geir is the second element in a number of given names inherited from Old Norse, the most popularly given being Asgeir and Torgeir. These are a remnant of a much larger group of names including the geirr element in Old Norse. [4]
Frón Icelandic pronunciation:, neu. – old Norse word for land, Iceland [citation needed] Heima á Fróni. Garðarshólmi [ˈkarðar̥sˌhoulmɪ], masc. – Iceland, named after Gardar Svavarsson [1] Hrímey [ˈr̥iːmˌeiː], fem. [citation needed] Hrímgrund [ˈr̥imˌkrʏnt], fem. [citation needed] Hrímland [ˈr̥imˌlant], neu.